Week 4

We're gonna take some breathers away from Treasure Island this week. We won't ignore it, but we'll look at plot structure in a new way with The Green Mamba and look into Black Holes of space toward the end of the week.

In English, our focus will be on root words, conventions, and modern acts of piracy in the technology age. This should create some interesting conversations.

Here's the rundown:

Monday
English
Week 3 roots
Movie Pirate Map
Ask students, “If I wanted to get a free copy of the movie ___________ how could I do it?”
Read “Movie Piracy”

Literature
Read “The Green Mamba”
Complete Plot Structure Rollercoaster.
Summarize Chapter 13-18 of Treasure Island
Read Chapter 19

Tuesday
English
Conventions practice week 6
Textbook-“Flowers for Algernon”
Pg.32 Quick Write
1st half of flowers for Algernon

Literature
Read “The Green Mamba”
Complete Plot Structure Rollercoaster.
Summarize Chapter 13-18 of Treasure Island
Read Chapter 19

Wednesday
Review Week 3 Roots
Textbook-“Flowers for Algernon”
Pg.32 2nd half of “Flowers for Algernon”
Students answer all of ?’s on page 64 except the “reading check”

Literature
Writing Elements of “The Green Mamba”
Quiz over Treasure chapter 15-19
Read chapters 20-21

Thursday
English
Conventions practice, week 7
Ask students to how you might get _______ song for free
Show map of Wamego with Pirate Flags
File Sharing Cuttings (reading practice)

Literature
Writing Elements of “The Green Mamba”
Quiz over Treasure chapter 15-19
Read chapters 20-21

Friday
English
Assessment on greek and latin roots Week 3
Read “descriptive food” sample essays.
Complete a graphic organizer based on the 5 senses

Literature
Black Holes Video
Reading Practice
Black Holes